Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Twin Cities Area
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown